WK 13 - How to Prepare Ecological Data Sets for Effective Analysis and Sharing

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

August 1st, 2010

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Workshop Team• Robert Cook, Oak Ridge National Laboratory• Viv Hutchison, US Geological Survey• Stephanie Hampton, National Center for Ecological Analysis and

Synthesis• Tammy Beaty, Oak Ridge National Laboratory• William Michener, University of New Mexico• Bruce Wilson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory• Suresh SanthanaVannan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory• Mark Schildhauer, National Center for Ecological Analysis and

Synthesis

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Workshop Goal

Provide guidance on data management practices that investigators should perform during the course of data collection to improve the usability of their data sets

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Planning

Review

Problem Definition

Research Objectives

Analysis

and

modeling

– Cycles of Research– “An Information View”

Measurements

Public

ation

s

Original

Observations

Data Center/

Archive

Planning

Discover, analyze,

and extract information

Multi-Domain

Observations

Courtesy of Raymond McCord, ORNL

Cycles of Research – An Information View

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Benefits of Good Data Management Practices

Short-term• Spend less time doing data management and more time

doing research• Easier to prepare and use data for yourself• Collaborators can readily understand and use data files

Long-term (data publication)• Scientists outside your project can find, understand, and

use your data• You get credit for archived data products and their use in

other papers• Sponsors protect their investment

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Workshop Sponsors

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Best Practices for Preparing Ecological Data Sets, ESA, August 2010

WK 13 - How to Prepare Ecological Data Sets for Effective Analysis and Sharing

Workshop Agenda

2:00 - 2:15 Workshop Introduction (Bob Cook, ORNL)2:15 - 2:45 Fundamental Practices for Preparing Data Sets (Bob Cook,

ORNL)2:45 - 3:15 Organizing data sets for sharing

Collaboration and Data Sharing (Stefanie Hampton, NCEAS)Organizing data sets: Participants are encouraged to bring their own data sets, which we will assist in organizing (Workshop Team)

3:15-3:30 Break

3:30 – 4:15 Introduction to Metadata (Viv Hutchison, USGS)4:15 – 4:45 Elements of a Data Management Plan (Bill Michener, University

of New Mexico)4:45 – 5:00 Workshop Closing (Bob Cook, ORNL)

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